COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
09519
accession_no
09519
Accession number
false
Record number:
09519-3
record_number
09519-3
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E746 P944h / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E746 P944h / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Cimetierre des Sacrifices.
image_title
Cimetierre des Sacrifices.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Didot]
image_publisher
[Didot]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1754]
image_date
[1754]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate XV; vol. 12, following p. 544
image_function
plate XV; vol. 12, following p. 544
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17.1 cm.
image_dimensions_width
17.1 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
25.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
25.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
19.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
19.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
Aztec or Mexican cemetery (tzompantli) for sacrificial victims. Human skulls are placed on tiers or piled in niches in walls. Native Americans converse or place skulls on tiers.
description
Aztec or Mexican cemetery (tzompantli) for sacrificial victims. Human skulls are placed on tiers or piled in niches in walls. Native Americans converse or place skulls on tiers.
Description
false
Source creator:
Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763
source_creator
Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre ... Tome douzieme
source_title
Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre ... Tome douzieme
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or
source_publisher
Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. LIV. [1754]
source_date
M. DCC. LIV. [1754]
Source date
false
notes:
Text describes the cemetary as a sort of theater with towers and walls made out of skulls and lime. Aztec temples used tzompantli to hold the skulls of sacrificial victims. Image is placed horizontally on the page.
notes
Text describes the cemetary as a sort of theater with towers and walls made out of skulls and lime. Aztec temples used tzompantli to hold the skulls of sacrificial victims. Image is placed horizontally on the page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Mexico
subject_heads
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Mexico
Subject headings
false